Logar, Afghanistan/Prague, Sept 7 (CTK) - The implementation of six development projects selected by the Czech PRT (Provincial Reconstruction Team) in the eastern province of Logar will cost over 16 million crowns, PRT spokeswoman Karla Stepankova told CTK Sunday. 

The repair of two girls’ schools and the construction of a training centre for the local police will be conducted by Afghan firms selected by a tender, Stepankova said.

For the first time, the water cycle in the province will be observed within the project.

PRT experts will help set down a system of support thanks to which water management will be better planned.

“We are reacting to the demands of the local government. This is why we are building schools and supporting the Afghan police. We also focus on new approaches with a long-ranging impact. Without the projects, no development is possible,” Vaclav Pecha, head of the civilian part of the PRT, told CTK.

The team will modify some riverbeds and irrigation channels so that precipitations, water flow and ground water could be measured, Pecha said.

“At present, there is no measurement network in Afghanistan and no one knows whether any reservoir of ground water exists in a certain province and how much water flows in,” construction expert Petr Kavka said.

“Without the system, it is impossible to effectively plan its use in agriculture,” Kavka said.

The reconstruction team will build two girls’ school with almost 1,000 Afghan schoolgirls in the district of Khushi.

Six police checkpoints will be reconstructed along the most busy road from Kabul, a training centre for the Afghan police will be constructed and a protective wall will be built within the project.

At present, Czechs are finishing the construction of two clinics and some cellars for fruit and vegetables in Logar. The construction of six school and minor water management projects are continuing.

This story is from the Czech News Agency (?TK).